Re: RC: who cares about trails

[Teddy Lancaster <teddy@runningbear.com>]

Losing our trails means not only losing our sport, but losing our sanity...

Teddy

maybe that's why I'm so grouchy lately...no time to RIDE!!!!

"guest@endurance.net" wrote:

> Teresa Van Hove tvanhove@uswest.net
> Why should I get excited over trails - my RM's are still
> putting on rides?
>
> Surely AERC can do whatever it takes to support trails with
> my $10 family membership fee cant they?
>
> So what if competition access is closed on some of the
> more rugged trails  - we can race faster and better
> monitor the horses on road courses anyway, leave those
> trails only for training rides (if that?)
>
> Is this how you all feel about trails?  Cuz it sure seems
> like it - there have only been a tiny handful of responses
> to Bob's post about how to use the trails funds and the posts
> on the immediate possibilities that the FS will change the rules
> so that millions of acres of national forest will be managed like
> wilderness (THAT MEANS NO RIDES) horses are allowed on wilderness
> but NOT organized competitions.  Not to mention that Clinton
> would love to implement wilderness/national parks/ national
> monument status on millions more acres of federal land -NO ITS
> NOT IN ANY danger of turning into condo's this is just about
> limiting what the citizens of this country can do on THEIR
> national lands.
>
> but who cares - any of you?
>
> Teresa (beating my head against the wall ) Van Hove
>
>
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